Freewing 90mm F-22 Raptor - Official Thread

[RCjetdude]

I am going to try out the center burner in my F-22 without lining the duct first. I can always add it later if I want to.

[JohnVH]

I am LOVING this F22 Raptor on 6s, amazing flyer!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E7iccRtTOD8&feature=youtu.be

[RCjetdude]

I am LOVING this F22 Raptor on 6s, amazing flyer!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E7iccRtTOD8&feature=youtu.be

Very nice flight and video. Good job!

[jwhpilot]

I have everything set as you suggested and then did a new bind. Throttle trim is set to low -129 and high at +100 on the monitor. When I plug in the battery I get the 3 notes and then I hear a low beep every 1.5 sec. When I move the stick past half throttle it beeps and then again as I lower the throttle past half it beeps again. Thanks for trying to help.

[john2kx]

I thought the suspension on the F-22 was a little stiff for my liking so I cut the spring length by 8mm and it’s made a world of difference on the rollout and taxiing handling. There’s about 1.5mm of preload on them now and will actually compress instead of being a “Crashabsorber”:Straight-Face:

Did you do this to all three gear? About to soften mine up as well.

John

[adb2@suddenlink.net]

Did you do this to all three gear? About to soften mine up as well.

John

For what it's worth department, I found that lubricating the shafts freed the travel up quite a bit. They seem to work much better. Watching them work during landings looks like they are working well.

[john2kx]

For what it's worth department, I found that lubricating the shafts freed the travel up quite a bit. They seem to work much better. Watching them work during landings looks like they are working well.

Found the same on my F4 and A10 but switched from using oil (which attracts dirt) to bicycle chain lubricant. Stuff dries like wax, resist slinging, and does not attract dirt/grit.

[xviper]

I have everything set as you suggested and then did a new bind. Throttle trim is set to low -129 and high at +100 on the monitor. When I plug in the battery I get the 3 notes and then I hear a low beep every 1.5 sec. When I move the stick past half throttle it beeps and then again as I lower the throttle past half it beeps again. Thanks for trying to help.

In case there's something else going on, ensure the throttle servo reverse hasn't been accidentally been clicked. In the monitor, the graph should go from left to right as you raise the throttle stick (going from -129 to +100). If that's OK, then that's not it. Next, I would go and check the 3 power wires that go from the ESC to the motor and make each one of them is solidly connected. The constant beeping may be an indication that one of those wires could be loose or come apart. The 3 notes could be the starting sequence to initialization but something is wrong and it won't go all the way and give you the tones for the number of cells you're running. You're running the 8S system, right? Is it in fact, an 8 cell ESC? The tone at 1/2 throttle may just be that the TX is set to beep at 1/2 throttle. To test this, turn on the TX and just move the throttle WITHOUT the plane being powered. If it still does it, then that's all it is. You can disable that in one of the timer menus.
Another thought - to eliminate something being wrong with the Rx, try a known good Rx. It can be a simple 6-ch. Just plug in the BEC and throttle to bind and a couple of the control surfaces just to see if the throttle and another stick works.

[TiredIronGRB]

Did you do this to all three gear? About to soften mine up as well.

John

Yes sir.......

[Pogo]

I have everything set as you suggested and then did a new bind. Throttle trim is set to low -129 and high at +100 on the monitor. When I plug in the battery I get the 3 notes and then I hear a low beep every 1.5 sec. When I move the stick past half throttle it beeps and then again as I lower the throttle past half it beeps again. Thanks for trying to help.

In case the obvious has been missed, you have been connecting the battery with the throttle at full to calibrate the ESC, correct? If not, do this and then lower it to off as soon as it beeps and it'll be calibrated and hopefully work.
Tom

[downwindleg]

GORGEOUS sunset flights, with the 55th flight in 3 days completed just before it was too dark for even me to make out the jet with its camouflage grey scheme. The spectacular Utah winter background and ”Moon Climbs” made this a really fun flight to shoot.

I’ve only had the lower set screw on the nose gear strut come loose in 55 flights. This bird doesn’t just look fantastic, it is durable as well. I have thousands of flights on EDF jets now, and this jet takes the cake. Congratulations to the entire team at Motion RC for this fantastic product.

My bird is rocking the Centerburner LED afterburner from The RC Geek available here.

http://thercgeek.com/the-centerburner/

Like and subscribe to my other videos here.

Hey JLambCWU, did you get the 90mm inrunner centerburner ? Just wanted to check before I ordered. Guess they're out of stock for another week or so. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!!

[EDJEFF]

Switched out to softer springs, so much more dampening it’s such a soft landing almost unbelievable.
The longer spring is the softer one.

[JLambCWU]

Hey JLambCWU, did you get the 90mm inrunner centerburner ? Just wanted to check before I ordered. Guess they're out of stock for another week or so. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!!

The 6s is an Outrunner, i believe the 8S is an inrunner. Check on the motion RC product page. ????????

[JLambCWU]

Full inflight demo of my light install mod with 10 LEDS

[RCjetdude]

The 6s is an Outrunner, i believe the 8S is an inrunner. Check on the motion RC product page. ????????

You are correct.

[adb2@suddenlink.net]

Full inflight demo of my light install mod with 10 LEDS

What a great demonstration!

[Aros]

Great video! Nice job!!

[tengarang]

when will the 8s pnp option be back in stock?

[downwindleg]

Switched out to softer springs, so much more dampening it’s such a soft landing almost unbelievable.
The longer spring is the softer one.

So where did you get the new springs and type and size? I can see that the gauge of wire for the spring is smaller. I'll either cut them down like George did or put these in if I can find a match for them. Also, where did all the lights come from? Love to see video with new springs. Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

[downwindleg]

The 6s is an Outrunner, i believe the 8S is an inrunner. Check on the motion RC product page. ????????

Thanks for the info. The unit is now ordered....thanks also to Steve.